Local Emergency Planning
Mission Statement
We are a committee founded to create a forum made up of local citizens dedicated to improving communications and cooperation between local and regional entities to enhance our local and regional disaster planning and response efforts.
We will work together to discuss issues of relevance to our efforts, to develop methods to present our positions accurately to local, regional, and state governments and others we deem necessary, and to help each other whenever necessary.
The committee are representative members of the community; public officials, facility owners and operators, hospital, fire, and EMS service workers, law enforcement, broadcast and media, and transportation personnel.
- Their mission is to collect and maintain information on hazardous materials being used in or passing through our community.
- Analyze associated risks and vulnerabilities and develop an effective emergency plan.
- Make planning information readily available to responders and general public.
- Provide continuous forums for the local community to discuss hazardous materials issues.
The committee meets every other month on the third Thursday noon at the Public Safety Building.
Every year the LEPC coordinator sends out a letter and Tier II forms (emergency hazardous chemical inventory) to businesses in the Nome area. If you have received one and do not have anything to report, please check the top box (nothing to report) in the upper left hand corner and mail back the report with the prepaid envelope or drop off at City Hall.
We encourage all businesses to fill out these forms. Keep our responders safe by letting us know what hazards or chemicals may or may not be in your business area.
Are you interested in becoming involved in your community? We would like to invite you to sign up and contact our LEPC Coordinator.
Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986
Is a United States Federal Law passed by the 99th United States Congress located at Title 42, Chapter 116 of the U.S. Code, concerned with emergency response preparedness.
A free standing law, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) was commonly known as SARA Title III. Its' purpose is to encourage and support emergency planning efforts at the state and local levels and to provide the public and local governments with information concerning potential chemical hazards present in their communities.
As of 1988, OSHA Hazard Communication coverage was expanded to all employers. This action preempts local ordinances directed at worker or community right to know. It means that SARA applies to all business in the United States that have chemicals under either EPA or OSHA.
